Bug free sand box: 1 large bottle of cinnamon 1 large bottle of baby powder Mix well into the sand before play…The baby powder also stops sand sticking to the kids

A Dry river bed instead of a traditional sand pit. Large and smaller river rock lining a sand river with tree stumps, ferns and toys. This is a home daycare that has a lot of natural play elements in their backyard play environment.

diy "moon sand" 5 cups of regular flour and 1 cup of baby oil. simply mix the two together and it turns into this silky soft sand. you can throw some sand toys into your tray or you can use items such as spoons and measuring cups

Leave plastic animals in a bin outside (near the garden, next to the sandbox, next to a patch of trees, etc) -- when children go outside to play, they them and let their imagination.forward to playing outside